Record ID: SWYOR-1A055B
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy toy in the form of a petronel dating from the Post Medieval period, AD 1600 - 1660. The barrel is oval in section and has a narrow, hollow bore with a touch-hole that would have allowed it to be fired. The barrel widens in width towards the butt, which bends away at approximately 45 degrees. Below the butt are the remains of a triangular trigger guard. The butt is missing and the outer end of the barrel has also broken away. The toy gun is 55.1mm long, 18.4mm wide, 7.3mm thick and is 9.3g.
Toys such as this are based on the match-lock 'petronels' of …
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th December 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-174CDD
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy toy miniature cannon of late post-medieval date. The toy is comprised of a circular barrel, or cascable, which tapers in diameter from the cascable to the muzzle. The cascable end is slightly fluted with a raised rim and projecting knop at the end. Two trunnions, or basal lugs for attachment to a block or stock project midway along the barrel. The tip of the muzzle is lost to old breaks.
The metal has a mid brown patina and is worn. The cannon is 52.1mm long, 27.7mm wide at the trunnions, 10.1mm in diameter and weighs 15.5g.
Numerous similar, though s…
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th December 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-B10537
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy probable toy cannon of late Post-Medieval dating (circa AD 1700 to circa AD 1800).
The model is comprised of a circular barrel, or cascable, which tapers in diameter from the bulbous knop, or cascable button, at one end to the muzzle at the other (which is now missing, presumed lost in antiquity). The cascable end is slightly fluted with a double banded collar and two trunnions or basal lugs (sub rectangular protrusions) for attachment to a block or stock project two thirds of the way along the remains of the barrel. Present by the lugs is another section o…
Created on: Friday 12th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th December 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-9C925A
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy toy cannon, described as if it were a functioning cannon. The terminal of the breech end of the cannon has a rounded knop or cascabel button which has two incised circumferential lines and is 6 mm in diameter. The first base ring is 10.4 mm in diameter, but very worn, and is 4 mm from the first astragal (moulding encircling the barrel of the cannon), which is 10.3 mm in diameter, and on either side of the vent or touch hole for gunpowder, which is 2.8 mm in diameter and 7 mm along the barrel from the edge of the cascabel. The distance along the barrel, bet…
Created on: Thursday 11th December 2014
Last updated: Sunday 14th December 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-8635A9
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead toy gun, most probably a musket, of post-medieval date. Only the flared stock and a small length of one half of the barrel survive with a small knop representing the trigger. The remaining section of the barrel is decorated with repeated double banded ribbed design overlaid by an elaborate foliate design. This continues on to the barrel section. Casting flashes are present to the underside of the stock and barrel.
Egan (2005), p.89, discusses these objects stating that the integral scrolling patterns and ring and dot motifs are a loose imitation of the inlai…
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th December 2014Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Preston Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-6F894E
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy toy cannon dating from c1700-c1850. The cannon has a prominent moulding seam which runs across the paired trunnions (one is now missing) and their reinforcing ring. The muzzle is slightly flared and has a collar set a short distance behind it. The cascabel is angular with a square section and the vent, which is filled with iron corrosion, is at the terminal set in line with the body of the cannon.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th December 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-6DE2A9
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large post medieval cast copper alloy toy cannon measuring 87.44mm. The chase tapers lightly and the muzzle is straight rather than flaring. There is a pair of prominent trunnions on the moulded reinforcement ring. The cascabel is rounded with prominent collars and ends in a substantial knob. The vent is presently plugged.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th December 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-5D6B79
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-medieval (c.1600-1800) lead probable male toy figure, flat and decorated on both sides. It is likely the fragment represents the waist, hips and top part of the legs, perhaps wearing breeches.
There is an old break at the waist (7.72mm wide) and below this the object curves outwards following the line of the legs to max.19.53mm wide just before the break across each leg (each 5-6mm wide). To one side the 'legs' are undecorated beneath a fringe of vertical moulded ribs. To the other side the fringe has less ribs but each leg is decorated with numerous moulded inve…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawkley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-89801C
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a post Medieval, cast lead alloy, toy. This consists of part of what appears to have been, a rectangular panel, truncated at one end and bearing what had been elaborate decoration set within raised, pelleted, frames. On one face the design consist of a running pattern of linked pellets in groups of four, each with a central pellet. The other face bears a more elaborate grouping of pellets which may have been floral. Length 21.9mm, Width 19.0mm, Thickness 1.7mm, Mass 4.14g.
While it is impossible to be certain this fragment has some resemblence to some of the seventeenth…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th November 2014Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elloughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-216153
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy toy musket, dating AD 1600-1640. This is a type 1, design 2 toy musket (Forsyth and Egan, 2005, 91). It is solidly cast, consisting of a fishtail butt, cylindrical barrel with three facets on the top, an open circular pan and a rectangular trigger guard. On the upper side of the musket, there is a ridge at the breech, curving around the open pan. Along the side of the barrel, next to the pan, is a pronounced semi-circular ridge. Half-way along the upper barrel are two pairs of transverse grooves, leaving a gap in the decoration. There is a muzz…
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th November 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-A4DDC2
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy miniature toy matchlock musket. The toy has been cast in one piece and has a 'fishtail' butt, faceted barrel (hollow), open pan and incomplete rectangular trigger guard. on the right face of the barrel nearest the pan is a cast vertical ridge. The left side of the barrel is broken open, possibly as a result of a mishap in use.
Dimensions: 71.56 m x 22.07 mm x 6.92 mm
Weight: 11.12 g.
Similar examples are recorded on the database, for example: KENT-4104BA, BH-817DE7, LIN-1F0453, GLO-489057
Several similar toy muskets were found in excavations in London and were dat…
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th November 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-8DD525
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy shy-cock toy dating to the 18th century AD. The shy-cock is single-sided with moulded decoration indicating tail and body feathers and a crude beak and eye. The reverse is plain and undecorated. It sits on a small subcircular base enabling to stand. Shy-cocks may have derived from the Shrove Tuesday pursuit of casting stones or cudgels at a live cockerel which was either tied down or buried up to its neck in the ground (Forsyth & Egan 2005: 239). By the later post-medieval period this barbaric custom had generally been replaced by toys such as these.
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th November 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-64EBA2
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast leead alloy single sided 'shy cock' toy, of probable Post Medieval date (c.1600-1800). The shy cock toy is cast in one piece. The main elements are a solid rectangle base from which extends a relatively thin sectioned sheet which has cast decoration on one face and is plain on the other. The sheet is in the shape of a cockerel which has been abraded and torn. The tail is detached and the break appears old. The head and body are decorated with crossing lines forming multiple squares. The head has no beak. The base has the letters WI with cross bar.
The fragment me…
Created on: Sunday 2nd November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'westfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-E26595
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead or lead alloy two dimensional bird, probably from a toy such as a cock shy, of Late Post Medieval to Early Medieval dating (AD 1700 to AD 1800).
The bird is crescent shaped, with remains of two legs at the base of the crescent. Decorational detail is present on one side only and seems to depict feathers. The tail and the head are hard to determine the details. The reverse is undecorated.
It measures 28.1 mm in length, 32.2 mm wide and 2.8 mm thick. It weighs 9.1 g.
The figurine is a light to mid grey colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by …
Created on: Monday 27th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014Spatial data recorded.